American Wisteria by Sarah Humphrey
Sarah Jane Humphrey
WISTERIA FRUTESCENS SYN. GLYCINE FRUTESCENS
Throughout the world the two most widely cultivated species of Wisteria come from China and Japan, but not many people know about their North American cousin. This summer flowering species, was the first to be introduced into Europe in the early 18th century from South Carolina, described as the 'Carolina Kidney Bean Tree'
From the best selling book 'A Short History of Flowers', by Advolly Richmond OBE.